Condiment holder



Jan. 17, 1928. 1,656,449 A. STEINER CONDIMENT HOLDER Filed Dec. 10, 1926VVVVV A g'rwenl'ol H/ber't' Ste/her Gamma Patented Jan. 17, 1928.

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Application fied December 1a, was. Serial No. 153,811.

My present invention relates to improvements in condiment holdersadapted for containing and dispensing a plurality of seasoning elements,as pepper and salt. The

holder is designed to be inverted for use, and

is provided with a plurality of compart ments and a rotatable headhaving a pen forated portion, and designed for selective use with thecompartments.

Means are provided for rotating or oscillating the perforated head toselected positionfand the device as a whole is simple in constructionand operation and presents a neat and attractive appearance.

The invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements orparts as will hereinafter be more fully set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, I have illustrated one complete example ofthe.

physical embodiment of my invention wherein the parts are combined andarranged according to the best mode I have so far devised for thepractical a giplication of the principles of. my invention.

Figure l is a view in elevation of a pepper and salt shaker embodying myinvention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged. detail vertical sectional view at line 22 oi?Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the holder at line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and i Fig. lis a transverse or horizontal sectional view at line e-i of Fig. 3.

In the preferred form ofmy invention, I utilize a holder 1 of metal orother suitable material, and preferably tapered with a larg-' or endforming the base or bottom. A closure 2 is used at the base of theholder, and this closure is in the form of a circular plate inset withinthe lower end of the holder and removable therefrom in order to fill theholder with the pepper and salt, or other condiments. The bottom orclosure 2 is provided with an annular flange 3 which is exteriorlythreaded and screwed into the opening at the bottom of the holder, andthe edge 4 of this flange is curled over or curved to fit over the edgeof the holder and for a support for the device.

At the smaller end of the holder, I provide an oscillatable head 5 andone-half of the area of this head is perforated, the perforations beingindicated at 5 in Fig. 3. This head is in the form of a circular plateto close the smaller end of the holder and it is retained in an annularflange 6 which forms a groove 7 at the edge of the holder for thereception of the circular edge of this oscillatable or rotatable head.

The holder is longitudinally divided by a centrally located partition 8and two compartments as 9 and 10 are thus formed in which two condimentsas pepper and salt maly separately be contained.

"hrough the longitudinal center of the holder, a tubular stem 11extends, this stem being elliptical in cross sectionand located at thecenter of the partition 8, an annular shoulder 13 is formed at the baseof the stem 11, as seen in Fig. 2. Within the tubular stem, a plunger14.- is reciprocable, and nonrotatable. This plunger also is of tubularformation, and is provided with a reduced push pin lfiwhich projectsthrough an opening 1.6 in the holder bottom 2, and a shoulder 17 on theplunger bears against the bottom 2 of the holder as seen in Fig. 2.

At the upper end, the plunger is provided with areduced pin portion 18and a shoulder 19 is termed. complementary to the shoulder 13 of thetubular stem. A spring 20 is coiled about the pin 18 and interposedbetween the shoulders 13 and 19. Two spiral grooves 2i are provided inthe exterior of the reduced pin 18, and these grooves coact with a pairof complementary lugs 22 located at diametrically opposite points in theopen center of the rotatable head 5, and a cap 23 retains the i on thisgrooved extension grooved pin within the head,

By removing the bottom 2, the two com partments may be filled with thecondiments, and then the bottom of course is threaded to closedposition. When using the device, one condiment may be dispensed from theholder when the latter is inverted, and then by pressing with the lingeron the push pin 15, the cover or head 5 is oscillated or rotated throughan arc of 180 bringing the perforated portion of the head beneath theother compartment of the holder, and when retained in this position thecondiment may be dispensed as usual. Vhen pressure is released from thepush pin, the spring 20 automatically returns the rotatable head 5 tonormal position.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is y 1. The combination in a condimentholder having a pair of interior compartments and an exterior annularflange forming a groove of a head rotatable in the groove and separatedcompartments, of a tubular stem 10 provided with a perforated portion, atubuin the partition, a plunger in the stem, a lar stem within theholder, a spring pressed reduced extension on the plunger having plungerlongitudinally reciprocable in the a spiral groove, an exteriorretaining cap 5 stem, and co-acting means on the head and on theextension, and a guide lug on the plunger for rotating the head. Vrotatable head for co-action with the groove. 15

2. In a condiment holder having a rotat- In testimony whereof I aflix mysignature.

able head and a perforated portion therein, the combination with apartition forming ALBERT STEINER.

